Editing B. Carroll Reece (section)

==Career==
He was an assistant secretary and instructor at New York University in 1916 and 1917.

In April, 1917 Reece enlisted for [[World War I]] and attended officer training in [[Plattsburgh, New York]].  During the war he served initially with the 166th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the [[42nd Infantry Division (United States)|42nd Infantry Division]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bowers |first=F. Suzanne |date=2010 |title=Republican, First, Last, and Always: A Biography of B. Carroll Reece |url=http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/60228 |location=Newcastle, UK |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |pages=12–14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208024325/https://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/60228 |archive-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref>  He later transferred to 102nd Infantry Regiment, [[26th Infantry Division (United States)|26th Infantry Division]].  He commanded a company, then commanded the regiment's 3rd Battalion, and attained the rank of captain.<ref>{{cite book |last=Winship |first=A. L. |date=1919 |title= The Book of Salutation to the Twenty-sixth ("Yankee") Division of the American Expeditionary Forces |url=https://archive.org/stream/bookofsalutation00bost#page/n31/mode/2up/search/reece |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Everett Press |pages=27, 39}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=1988 |title=From the Museum |url=http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED313197.pdf |journal=Now and Then |volume=5 |issue=2 |location=Johnson City, TN |publisher=East Tennessee State University |page=7 }}</ref>  He was discharged in 1919, and was decorated with the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]], [[Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Army)|Distinguished Service Medal]], [[Purple Heart]], and [[France|French]] [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] with Palm.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=1948 |title=Biography: B. Carroll Reese |magazine=Magazine of Sigma Chi |volume=67 |issue=3 |location=Evanston, IL |publisher=Sigma Chi Fraternity |page=13 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lancaster |first1=Frank H. |last2=Birmingham |first2=Ernest F. |date=1925 |title=Congressman's Brother to Teach at Dayton High School |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=s825VqpuZDgC&dq=%22Congressman%27s+Brother+to+Teach+at+Dayton+High+School%22.&pg=RA23-PA6 |journal=Fourth Estate: A Weekly Newspaper for Publishers, Advertisers, Advertising Agents and Allied Interests |location=New York, NY |publisher=Fourth Estate Publishing Company |page=130}}</ref>

He was director of the School of Business Administration of [[New York University]] in 1919 and 1920, and also studied law there.

He then passed the bar exam and opened a successful law practice in [[Johnson City, Tennessee|Johnson City]], where he was also a banker and publisher.

Reece was married to [[Louise Goff Reece|Louise Goff]], daughter of [[United States Senator]] [[Guy D. Goff|Guy Despard Goff]] of [[West Virginia]].